Ahmadreza Didban and Mozaffar Najari executed in Shiraz Central Prison

Hengaw – Wednesday, July 2, 2025

The execution sentences of Ahmadreza Didban and Mozaffar Najari, both residents of Shiraz, were carried out in the city's central prison (Adelabad). The two men had been convicted in separate cases on charges related to drug offenses.

According to information received by the Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, the executions took place at dawn on Monday, June 30, 2025. Didban, a Lor man, and Najari were executed inside Shiraz's Adelabad Prison.

Najari had been held in custody for three years, and Didban for five years, before being sentenced to death by the judicial system of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Neither execution has been reported by state-run media, including outlets affiliated with Iran’s judiciary.